Week 6 · 2023

Nebraska at Illinois

Fri 10/06/2023 08:00 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame58% — Pregame win probability: 58% for Illinois. Illinois favored, and lost — Nebraska won.Conference

51°Clear14 mph WNW · 54% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data

Nebraska

5–7

Illinois

5–7

Attendance

46,703

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2023, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

NEBQuarterbacks2 blue chips4

44-star recruitQB13Chubba Purdy4yr
382 Pass yds2 TD3 Int54.4 Cmp%180 Rush yds
44-star recruitQB2Jeff Sims ← Georgia Tech4yr
282 Pass yds1 TD6 Int59.6 Cmp%189 Rush yds
—No recruiting profile foundQB17Luke Longval1yr
—No recruiting profile foundQB17Jack Woche1yr

ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip6

44-star recruitQB9Luke Altmyer ← Ole Miss3yr
1,883 Pass yds13 TD10 Int64.8 Cmp%282 Rush yds
33-star recruitQB4John Paddock ← Ball State6yr
1,294 Pass yds9 TD3 Int59.9 Cmp%-55 Rush yds
33-star recruitQB10Donovan Leary2yr
33-star recruitQB6Cal Swanson1yr
—No recruiting profile foundQB11Jacob Huber2yr
—No recruiting profile foundQB12Kirkland Michaux2yr

NEBOffensive line4 blue chips18

44-star recruitOL54Bryce Benhart5yr
44-star recruitOL69Turner Corcoran4yr
44-star recruitOL65Teddy Prochazka3yr
44-star recruitOL71Jacob Hood ← Georgia2yr
33-star recruitOL63Nouredin Nouili5yr
33-star recruitOL57Ethan Piper5yr
33-star recruitOL66Ben Scott ← Arizona State5yr
33-star recruitOL59Henry Lutovsky3yr
33-star recruitOL51Justin Evans2yr
33-star recruitOL75Tyler Knaak ← Utah2yr
33-star recruitOL77Gunnar Gottula1yr
33-star recruitOL74Brock Knutson1yr
33-star recruitOL51Jason Maciejczak1yr
33-star recruitOL62Sam Sledge1yr
22-star recruitOL74Grant Seagren1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL70Keegan Menning4yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL67Joey Mancino3yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL78Jacob Brandl1yr

ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips13

33-star recruitDE91Alex Bray1yr
2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL4Jer'Zhan Newton4yr
52 Tackles8.5 TFL7.5 Sacks
33-star recruitDL88Keith Randolph Jr.5yr
49 Tackles4.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDL6Denzel Daxon ← Ohio7yr
27 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
—Recruiting profile found — unratedDL48Bryce Barnes5yr
20 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL23TeRah Edwards4yr
13 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
33-star recruitDL88Sedarius McConnell3yr
8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL57Evan Kirts5yr
career 2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL52Pat Farrell1yr
33-star recruitDL45Jeremiah Warren1yr
22-star recruitDL23Christian Lorenzo2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDL94Dylan Davis2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDL93Henry Engel1yr

NEBDefensive line6 blue chips23

33-star recruitDE12Jimari Butler4yr
34 Tackles8.5 TFL5.5 Sacks
44-star recruitDE1Princewill Umanmielen1yr
22 Tackles4.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDE10James Williams1yr
4 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL—Nash Hutmacher4yr
40 Tackles8.0 TFL4.5 Sacks
44-star recruitDL9Ty Robinson5yr
29 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL97Blaise Gunnerson4yr
9 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDL16Elijah Jeudy ← Texas A&M3yr
8 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL88Ru'Quan Buckley3yr
1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDL18Kai Wallin1yr
1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL54Brodie Tagaloa2yr
33-star recruitDL72David Borchers1yr
33-star recruitDL95Maverick Noonan1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDL80Jacob Herbek5yr
—No recruiting profile foundDL95Leslie Black1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDL5Korver Demma1yr
44-star recruitDT5Riley Van Poppel1yr
5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
33-star recruitDT92Sua Lefotu1yr
2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDT33Randolph Kpai3yr
33-star recruitDT86Mason Goldman1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDT99Dylan Parrott2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDT99Vincent Carroll-Jackson1yr
44-star recruitEDGE11Cameron Lenhardt1yr
16 Tackles5.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundEDGE98Conor Connealy1yr

ILLOffensive lineNo blue chips20

33-star recruitOL54Julian Pearl6yr
33-star recruitOL66Jordyn Slaughter5yr
33-star recruitOL64Zach Barlev3yr
33-star recruitOL73Josh Gesky3yr
33-star recruitOL64Josh Kreutz3yr
33-star recruitOL61Joey Okla2yr
33-star recruitOL77Hunter Whitenack2yr
33-star recruitOL70Zach Aamland1yr
33-star recruitOL75Brandon Henderson1yr
33-star recruitOL55TJ McMillen1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL78Isaiah Adams2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL72Zylon Crisler2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL79Luciano Elias2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL53Devin Hale2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL62Sam Tsagalis2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL60Joep Engbers1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL66Will Leys1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL56Magnus Moller1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL65Dezmond Schuster1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL13Calvin Smith1yr

NEBBacks & tight ends2 blue chips24

—No recruiting profile foundFB34Barret Liebentritt2yr
—No recruiting profile foundFB45Braden Klover4yr
—No recruiting profile foundFB40Trevor Ruth1yr
—No recruiting profile foundFB43Landon Ternus1yr
—No recruiting profile foundRB23Anthony Grant6yr
104 Car413 Rush yds3 TD4.0 Rush avg
4 Rec13 Rec yds3.3 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB21Emmett Johnson2yr
90 Car411 Rush yds2 TD4.6 Rush avg
7 Rec46 Rec yds6.6 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB22Gabe Ervin Jr.3yr
38 Car196 Rush yds1 TD5.2 Rush avg
2 Rec20 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB14Rahmir Johnson5yr
12 Car65 Rush yds0 TD5.4 Rush avg
3 Rec9 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB35Trevin Luben4yr
3 Car29 Rush yds0 TD9.7 Rush avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB33Maurice Mazzccua1yr
1 Car6 Rush yds0 TD6.0 Rush avg
33-star recruitRB21Kwinten Ives1yr
—No recruiting profile foundRB34Isaiah Harris4yr
—No recruiting profile foundRB42Cole Ballard1yr
44-star recruitTE24Thomas Fidone II3yr
25 Rec260 Rec yds4 TD10.4 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE87Nate Boerkircher4yr
5 Rec51 Rec yds0 TD10.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE10Heinrich Haarberg3yr
2 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE86AJ Rollins3yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE44Luke Lindenmeyer2yr
55-star recruitTE89Arik Gilbert ← Georgia4yr
career 37 Rec384 Rec yds3 TD10.4 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE87Jake Appleget2yr
33-star recruitTE47Caden Becker2yr
33-star recruitTE8Ismael Smith Flores1yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE46John Goodwin5yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE48Cayden Echternach1yr

ILLLinebackers1 blue chip16

33-star recruitLB28Dylan Rosiek3yr
82 Tackles7.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB9Seth Coleman5yr
50 Tackles9.0 TFL6.0 Sacks
—Recruiting profile found — unratedLB39Kenenna Odeluga3yr
37 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB17Gabe Jacas2yr
31 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
44-star recruitLB3Alec Bryant3yr
26 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
33-star recruitLB8Tarique Barnes5yr
25 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB10James Kreutz2yr
18 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB34Ryan Meed5yr
11 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB33Ezekiel Holmes5yr
9 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB42Luke Zardzin3yr
3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB15Ronan Poynton1yr
1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB31Jared Badie2yr
career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB45Malachi Hood2yr
33-star recruitLB0Jojo Hayden1yr
33-star recruitLB18Mason Muragin1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB31Laine Jenkins1yr

NEBLinebackers3 blue chips19

33-star recruitLB33Javin Wright5yr
51 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks2 Int
—No recruiting profile foundLB5John Bullock5yr
50 Tackles2.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB4Luke Reimer5yr
48 Tackles7.5 TFL5.0 Sacks
44-star recruitLB3Nick Henrich5yr
42 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB28Mikai Gbayor3yr
24 Tackles3.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
44-star recruitLB48MJ Sherman ← Georgia4yr
16 Tackles1.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
44-star recruitLB1Chief Borders ← Florida3yr
9 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB41Garrett Snodgrass5yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB56Grant Tagge4yr
1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB47Gage Stenger2yr
33-star recruitLB42Eric Fields1yr
33-star recruitLB45Dylan Rogers1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB43Michael Booker III3yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB59Grant Buda3yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB19Kaine Williams2yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB54Jacob Bower1yr
—Recruiting profile found — unratedLB47Noah Bustard1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB51Danny Pasko1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB34Gage Wager1yr

ILLBacks & tight ends1 blue chip17

33-star recruitRB23Reggie Love III4yr
116 Car567 Rush yds4 TD4.9 Rush avg
9 Rec58 Rec yds6.4 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB2Josh McCray3yr
43 Car156 Rush yds2 TD3.6 Rush avg
6 Rec30 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB21Aidan Laughery2yr
16 Car81 Rush yds1 TD5.1 Rush avg
2 Rec24 Rec yds12.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB24Nick Fedanzo5yr
1 Car3 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB23Jordan Anderson2yr
—No recruiting profile foundRB22Jean-Marc Etienne1yr
—No recruiting profile foundRB27Corey Rashad1yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE89Tip Reiman4yr
19 Rec203 Rec yds3 TD10.7 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE13Griffin Moore5yr
12 Rec161 Rec yds1 TD13.4 Rec avg
44-star recruitTE83Kaden Feagin1yr
9 Rec116 Rec yds1 TD12.9 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE87Henry Boyer2yr
3 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD6.7 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE85Tanner Arkin ← Colorado State3yr
1 Rec1 Rec yds1 TD1.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE36Ben Schultz5yr
33-star recruitTE87Owen Anderson2yr
33-star recruitTE89Clayton Leonard2yr
33-star recruitTE82Nate Guinn1yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE7Nick True1yr

NEBReceivers4 blue chips16

33-star recruitWR1Billy Kemp IV6yr
35 Rec310 Rec yds1 TD8.9 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR19Jaylen Lloyd1yr
6 Rec237 Rec yds3 TD39.5 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR84Alex Bullock3yr
15 Rec221 Rec yds1 TD14.7 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR16Marcus Washington5yr
8 Rec176 Rec yds0 TD22.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR16Malachi Coleman1yr
8 Rec139 Rec yds1 TD17.4 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR11Joshua Fleeks6yr
8 Rec69 Rec yds0 TD8.6 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR17Ty Hahn4yr
4 Rec36 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR19Jaidyn Doss1yr
2 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR2Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda ← Nebraska4yr
1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR4Janiran Bonner2yr
1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR11Demitrius Bell1yr
33-star recruitWR10Brice Turner1yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR41Elliott Brown4yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR5Barron Miles4yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR88Cooper Hausmann2yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR26Roman Mangini2yr

ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip25

33-star recruitCB5Zachary Tobe1yr
25 Tackles5 PD
—No recruiting profile foundCB6Prince Ford1yr
—No recruiting profile foundCB7Kaleb Patterson1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB10Miles Scott2yr
63 Tackles3 PD2 Int
33-star recruitDB1Xavier Scott2yr
57 Tackles11 PD2 Int
—No recruiting profile foundDB—Nicario Harper ← Louisville6yr
48 Tackles2 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB21Clayton Bush ← Southern Illinois4yr
42 Tackles1 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB23Tahveon Nicholson4yr
36 Tackles6 PD
33-star recruitDB20Tyler Strain3yr
35 Tackles3 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB0Mac Resetich1yr
7 Tackles0 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB7Matthew Bailey2yr
5 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB6Juice Clarke1yr
5 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB32CJ Bufkin1yr
5 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB37Solo Turner5yr
2 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB35Grayson Griffin2yr
2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB3Demetrius Hill ← Florida International3yr
career 98 Tackles3 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB19Tyson Rooks2yr
career 1 Tackles1 PD
33-star recruitDB29TJ Griffin2yr
22-star recruitDB11Johnny Schmitt1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB27Matthew Bobak4yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB21Ben Clawson2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB26Mike Manning2yr
33-star recruitS13Elijah Mc-Cantos2yr
5 Tackles0 PD
44-star recruitS24Saboor Karriem1yr
2 Tackles3 PD
—No recruiting profile foundS32Chase Miller2yr

NEBDefensive backs2 blue chips24

44-star recruitCB6Tommi Hill3yr
26 Tackles9 PD4 Int
33-star recruitCB12Dwight Bootle II1yr
2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitCB25Jeremiah Charles1yr
33-star recruitCB10Syncere Safeeullah1yr
33-star recruitDB2Isaac Gifford4yr
86 Tackles8 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB12Omar Brown4yr
51 Tackles3 PD1 Int
—No recruiting profile foundDB37Phalen Sanford5yr
40 Tackles2 PD
33-star recruitDB15Quinton Newsome5yr
37 Tackles3 PD1 Int
—No recruiting profile foundDB8DeShon Singleton2yr
19 Tackles1 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB3Marques Buford Jr.3yr
18 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB8Tamon Lynum4yr
12 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB22Ashton Hausmann4yr
2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB41Ethan Nation1yr
1 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB24Derek Branch3yr
1 Tackles0 PD
44-star recruitDB10Corey Collier Jr.3yr
career 2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB32Rahmir Stewart1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB36Blake Closman3yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB39Taveon Thompson3yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB3Mason Jones1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB6Cooper Wilson1yr
33-star recruitS15Malcolm Hartzog Jr.2yr
40 Tackles6 PD
33-star recruitS25Koby Bretz3yr
3 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundS15Javier Morton2yr
career 2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitS26D'Andre Barnes1yr

ILLReceivers2 blue chips14

44-star recruitWR1Isaiah Williams5yr
82 Rec1,055 Rec yds5 TD12.9 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR14Casey Washington5yr
49 Rec670 Rec yds4 TD13.7 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR13Pat Bryant3yr
43 Rec560 Rec yds7 TD13.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR2Ashton Hollins2yr
9 Rec119 Rec yds0 TD13.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR80Hank Beatty2yr
8 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD8.1 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR7Kenari Wilcher1yr
4 Rec57 Rec yds0 TD14.3 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR88Malik Elzy1yr
5 Rec52 Rec yds1 TD10.4 Rec avg
22-star recruitWR83Keion Battle4yr
33-star recruitWR1Shawn Miller2yr
33-star recruitWR12Eian Pugh2yr
33-star recruitWR17Collin Dixon1yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR7Weston Adams2yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR7Alexander Capka-Jones1yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR87Tyler McClure1yr

NEBKickersNo blue chips3

33-star recruitPK30Tristan Alvano1yr
9 FG15 FGA55 Long54 Pts
—No recruiting profile foundPK38Timmy Bleekrode3yr
—No recruiting profile foundPK79Spencer Pankratz2yr

ILLKickersNo blue chips3

—No recruiting profile foundPK5Caleb Griffin6yr
14 FG19 FGA53 Long66 Pts
33-star recruitPK24David Olano1yr
—No recruiting profile foundPK80Fabrizio Pinton2yr
career 7 FG7 FGA37 Long23 Pts

NEBPuntersNo blue chips2

—No recruiting profile foundP13Brian Buschini3yr
57 Punts40.7 Avg20 In 20
—No recruiting profile foundP90Jacob Hohl2yr

ILLPuntersNo blue chips2

—Recruiting profile found — unratedP19Hugh Robertson4yr
51 Punts42.6 Avg17 In 20
33-star recruitP18Declan Duley1yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. Team

Illinois 4–6 vs Nebraska

2022 · wk 9Illinois 26 @ Nebraska 9
2021 · wk 1Nebraska 22 @ Illinois 30
2020 · wk 12Illinois 41 @ Nebraska 23
2019 · wk 4Nebraska 42 @ Illinois 38
2018 · wk 11Illinois 35 @ Nebraska 54
2017 · wk 5Nebraska 28 @ Illinois 6
2016 · wk 5Illinois 16 @ Nebraska 31
2015 · wk 5Nebraska 13 @ Illinois 14
2014 · wk 5Illinois 14 @ Nebraska 45
2013 · wk 6Illinois 19 @ Nebraska 39

Previous 5 meetings vs. Bret Bielema

Nebraska 1–4 vs Bret Bielema

2022 · wk 9Illinois 26 @ Nebraska 9
2021 · wk 1Nebraska 22 @ Illinois 30
2012 · wk 14 (coaching change that season)Nebraska 31 @ Wisconsin 70
2012 · wk 5 (coaching change that season)Wisconsin 27 @ Nebraska 30
2011 · wk 5Nebraska 17 @ Wisconsin 48

† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.

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